Secure connection errors? **READ THIS FIRST!**

Frequently Asked Questions about the Pale Moon browser and their answers.
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Re: Why do some secure connections fail in v25.0.2?

Unread post by ShalaMala » 2015-02-02, 17:17

Is this Firefox's fallback mode something that can be switched on/off in about:config?
For example, can I switch it off also in Firefox, so it will behave the same way as Pale Moon - strictly rejecting unsafe connections, not "trying, trying again" as it does now?

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Re: Why do some secure connections fail in v25.0.2?

Unread post by Moonchild » 2015-02-03, 00:04

ShalaMala wrote:Is this Firefox's fallback mode something that can be switched on/off in about:config?
For example, can I switch it off also in Firefox, so it will behave the same way as Pale Moon - strictly rejecting unsafe connections, not "trying, trying again" as it does now?
Nope. It's hard-coded into Firefox and cannot be switched off.
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Re: Why do some secure connections fail in v25.0.2?

Unread post by ShalaMala » 2015-02-03, 20:50

What a shame! I'm not sorry for Firefox, but for Tor Browser. Those privacy concerned guys use a modified Firefox version for their project and apparently it allows insecure connections...
I was planning to propose them to build their project on top of Pale Moon base instead of Firefox, but saw that somebody already proposed it here https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-402-released even if for reasons other than secure connection issue. Hope they ditch that buggy & bloated FF soon :wave:

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Re: Why do some secure connections fail in v25.0.2 and later

Unread post by Moonchild » 2015-03-14, 09:58

Updated the FAQ for the RC4 disabled issue people might run into in 25.3.
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Re: Secure connection errors? **READ THIS FIRST!**

Unread post by Moonchild » 2016-09-21, 15:13

Updated the FAQ for the Triple-DES disabled issue that people might run into starting 26.4.1
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Re: Secure connection errors? **READ THIS FIRST!**

Unread post by Moonchild » 2020-03-29, 06:14

Un-stickied this because the world has moved on reducing the importance of this FAQ entry.
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